Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman suffered a head injury while

• lifting heavy weights

    

• falling

        

• working in the fields

   

• protecting a fellow slave

What does the word "illiterate" mean in the following sentence? Since nearly all slaves were illiterate, the hunters simply ignored her and continued their search.

• slow

    

• quiet

   

• captured

    

• unable to read or write

Who helped Harriet in her escape to freedom?

  

• Her husband

•   Quaker families

• The police

    

• The people of Maryland

Which of the following was an EFFECT of Harriet's head injury?

  

• She suffered from fainting spells

    

• She married a free Black man

   

•  She became a conductor on the Underground Railroad

    

• She was sold to another family

Which of the following best describes the Underground Railroad?

  

• A network of paths and forest trails that led Slaves to freedom in the North.

•   A network of paths and forest trails that led Slaves to freedom in the West.

    

• A network of trains and railroad tracks that led Slaves to freedom in the North.

   

•  A network of paths and forest trails that led Slaves to freedom in the South.

Harriet Tubman helped as many as _______________ slaves to their freedom.

 

•  40

   

•   70

• 100

•   40,000

Why did Harriet Tubman ultimately run away from her owners?

  

• She was very strong

   

•  To find better pay in the North

    

• To re-unite with her husband

• She was afraid she would be sold

    

Which of the following did not help Harriet in her quest for freedom?

  

  

• The position of the North Star

    

• Her owners when they learned she wanted to leave

• The tendency of moss to grow on the North side of trees

•   Specially designed carpets on the outsides of houses friendly to runaway slaves

Which of the following questions is answered in the last paragraph?

  

• How did Harriet Tubman contribute to the Union Army in the Civil War?

•   How did Harriet Tubman avoid capture on the Underground Railroad?

    

• Was Harriet Tubman able to read or write?

   

•  What happened to Harriet's husband?

Why did Harriet Tubman travel on Saturdays?

•  To get a head start on the runaway notices that would appear in Monday newspapers

    

• Because runaway notices would be printed on Sundays

   

•  Because she was too tired during the work week

• Because slave hunters never worked on Saturdays